things worked out nicely this weekend; had JB's housewarming dinner/party thing w/ tons of food on Saturday night...so it was a good thing the weather was nice enough to head out to the big pool @ Kits Beach right beforehand n try out the 750m distance to prep for September. this baby's the largest outdoor pool in the world (i think) @ approx. 130m, so i guess this is the closest thing to swimming in open water that i can try before taking on Buntzen Lake. did 6 lengths, still felt ok afterwards so i took a quick break in the sun before doing it all over again. both times clocked in at just over 21min. i hope that's good enough, cuz it'll have to be!
after working up a good appetite, headed over to JB's new downtown apartment, pretty nice setup. ate some disgusting amounts lasagna, pineapple-ham, roast beef, mashed potatoes, veggies...oh...n of course mr. tom (my hero) comes through w/ the crazy ass designer dessert: "raspberry crisp". of all days...yeesh, wish i'd have brought the camera. ah well, there were plenty of flashes coming from elsewhere so i hope i'll eventually get to see some of the candid moments. damn...seeing friends move into new places really gets my needs/wants/priorities all mixed up; bike/car/place...all pending on me landing a more secure job of course. uuyy...
so sunday morning after church...bbq in the park. burgers, hot dogs, potatoe salad...uy...on top of the food that's still digesting in my stomache from last night...o boy, good thing it was sunny today so i could go back to the beach/pool one more time. did the first 6 same as yesterday, climbed out n squeezed my new shoes on (these wicked trail running shoes i got the other day for just $50 on sale from Sport Mart!) n tried to "run" immediately after the swim. i found out it's kinda hard to run when you don't really have any idea where you're going, n even though i figured i'd just run in a straight line for 10min. then turn around n head back, it doesn't help when there's ppl in your way everywhere you turn, n the seawall route was blocked off for some stupid festival that just so happened to be there this weekend. great. uyy...so yeah, wound up running around who knows where, just glad i didn't get lost n found my way back to the pool after about +20min. was planning to do another 6 but was just too tired...n hungry. n i had to pee. so that was that.
this was the last swim for prbbly at least a month, so back to running...and we'll see how the biking goes. don't think i've ever biked 15km before, maybe give it a try next week? we shall see...
o yeah, i just so happened to get a certain piece of paper in the mail near the end of June.
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